Rylann woke up and leaned to see the clock on her nightstand; 4:18am. She settled back into Benji's arms and tried to relive the night.
~*~
*Benji had taken her into his arms and carried her to the bed, just like in her dream. He gently laid her down and hovered above her. They looked deeply into each other's eyes. Benji kissed Rylann's lips softly.
"Are you sure your ready…I mean, you're sure you want this?" Benji asked comfortingly.
"Yes…I'm ready, and I really want this" she smiled weakly. He kissed her again, with more passion, his tongue caressing hers. Although neither was a virgin, it felt like the first time for each of them. Benji was slow and considerate to however Rylann reacted. The love between them was so much stronger than either had ever felt before. By the 3rd time, they had really gotten a feel for each other's body. Both exhausted and panting heavily, Benji situated his body next to Rylann and took her sweat-drenched body into his own. He held he tight and kissed the nape of her neck.
"I love you.." he whispered, his lips brushing against her ear lope.
"I love you more…" she smiled, turning to face him. They kissed once more before falling asleep completely exhausted. *
~*~
Rylann's eyelids fluttered open to see Benji smiling at her. He kissed her forehead gently.
"Mmmm…" she giggled slightly "3 times!" she laughed loudly.
"Yes, it's a gift I know!" He smiled proudly.
"Aren't I lucky…" she teased.
"The luckiest!" he kidded back "so what's on the agenda for the day? If you force me, I guess I could be held captive as your love slave…"
"Oh, but you would enjoy that too much. Instead, I am gonna make you get your ass outta bed and shop with me!"
"Noooooo! Anything but shopping…What if I held YOU captive?" He wiggled his eyebrows wildly.
"Wellll…it IS only 9:30, I guess we have a little time before we could go shopping…" She smiled widely.
"YES!! C'mere!" he grabbed her and dove under the covers. She roared with laughter as he tickled her with his kisses from under the comforter.
*That Night*
" So…I hate to bring this up, but we really need to figure out your living arrangements for while I am gone, I'm leaving tomorrow.." Benji said as he stroked Rylann's hair while they laid on the couch.
"I don't see why I have to have someone stay with me. I am 21 years old and have been taking care of myself for nearly 5 years!" she said frustrated.
"Babe, I know, but you know the agreement…if you don't have someone with you at all times, their gonna make you stay in the hospital under suicide watch.." he explained as gently as possible.
"Benj, I know that…but what they don't understand is that's not gonna happen again. I have you…just like before when you toured, you weren't here, but I had you. I'll be fine on my own, your only a phone call away."
" I know sweetie, but I don't wanna risk someone showing up here and realizing you're alone. Maybe Jayde or Zandria would be willing to stay behind. You like them don't you?"
"Yea, I like them…they are both awesome girls. I still don't know them that well…"
"But I do babe, and it's the only thing I can think of. They are wonderful girls, you'll get along just fine!"
"I know, it's just…"she began.
"Just what…?"
"I dunno, I know it's not possible, but…I wish I could, um, come with you…"she hesitated.
"Baby…you know I want you to come with me more than anything in this world…but you said you couldn't because of work and classes…?"
"Yea, I know..but I talked to Natalie earlier today, and she informed me that spring break starts tomorrow and we don't have to report to classes for 3 weeks…and, I kinda called Gina at the coffee shop and told her everything that's been going on, and well, she told me to "take all the time I need"…so, ummm…."
"RY!! Why didn't you tell me, this is great, now you can come with me!" Benji nearly jumped on Rylann in excitement.
"I dunno…I just thought, maybe you didn't want me tagging along…"
"Why would you EVER think that? Baby, I love you…we're going to be spending the rest of our lives together, of course I want you to be there with me!"
"Really?" she asked, still unsure.
"Absolutely." He kissed her passionately, to assure her of how he felt.
"Well, then I guess we should start packing.." she said with excitement.
*The next morning*
Rylann and Benji headed over to the hotel where the guys were staying early the next morning. The bus was already pulled up out front and the guys slowly started to trickle downstairs.
"Hey Ry…come to see Benji off?" Paul asked and he approached the two.
"Not exactly…"she began.
"Oh, are Jayde and Zandria gonna stay with you?" Billy chimed in.
"Not exactly…" she started again.
"Well what exactly, since you not telling us anything..?" Paul asked.
"SHE'S COMING WITH US!!" Benji exclaimed, pulling Rylann into an enormous hug.
She smiled at the guys and waited for their reactions.
"That's great Ry…I bet Jayde and Zandria will be excited, having another girl around. And, well, I guess we can all see how much different Benji is going to be on this tour!" Billy smiled. Joel, Jayde and Zandria had arrived, found out the good news, and now everyone was loading onto the small tour bus. Benji excitedly took Rylann's hand as he pulled her around showing her all around the bus.
"And these are the bunks. This is my bunk, see lookie, there's a picture of you!" he beamed. "And these are the extra bunks, you can have one of these unless you wanna, uh, share mine…" he looked at his feet.
"Aww..you're so cute when your shy. Uh, sweetie, I AM your fiancé, I'm sure it'll be just fine for us to share a bunk."
"Don't you just love her!!" Benji called to anyone who was willing to listen as he, for the millionth time that day, kissed her.
"And this is the back lounge…."Benji continued dragging Rylann through the small bus.
~*~
Everyone was settled and the bus started headed for their first stop, Philadelphia, PA. The group sat around in the back lounge; Billy and Joel battling against each other in videogames, Jayde sitting behind Joel reading a magazine, allowing his head to rest against her thigh, Paul and Zandria making out at the opposite end of the sofa, and Benji and Rylann so wrapped up in each other to notice anyone else.
"I'm so happy you're here." Benji smiled sweetly and whispered to Rylann.
"Me too, baby, me too…"
They stayed wrapped in each other's arms until they reached their destination….